Combination screen and storm window



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COMBINATION SCREEN AND STORM WINDOW Filed June 26, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2United States patent- COMBINATION SCREEN AND STORM WINDOW Robert G.Lohr, Lexington, N. C.

Application June26, 1956, Serial No. 593,883

1 Claim. (Cl. 160-23) This invention relates to a combination screen andstorm window construction.

An object of this invention is to provide in a window structure, aflexible transparent sheet and means supporting the sheet on the outerside of the windows.

Another object of this invention is to provide in a sliding windowstructure a means for securing a screen to the window frame, and forselectively securing a plastic storm panel on the outer side of thescreen.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved stormwindow panel wherein the panel is formed of a exible transparent sheetcarried by a spring tensioned roller, with a channel shaped bar securedto the free edge of the sheet, and a keeper secured to the bottom of thewindow frame for locking the sheet in window covering position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts, hereinbefore more fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims, it being understood thatchanges may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a storm window assembly constructedaccording to an embodiment of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section partly broken away, taken on line 2-2 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical section on an enlarged scale showingthe upper portion of the device.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical section taken through the lower portionof the device.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary horizontal section similar to Fig. 6 showing theopposite end of the roller.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 10 designates generally a windowframe structure having upper and lower sashes 11 and 12 slidabletherein. The sashes 11 and 12 have disposed therebetween an intermediatestop 13 and an outer or blind stop 14 is secured to the frame 10 and isadapted to engage the outer side of the upper sash 11. The frame 10 alsoincludes a sill 15 which is downwardly and outwardly inclined, as shownin Fig. 2.

In order to provide means for attaching a screen to the window frame 10,outside of the sashes 11 and 12, I have provided a horizontally disposedhousing generally indicated at 16. This housing 16 includes an upperwall 17, an inner wall 18, an outer wall 19, and a pair of bottom wallmembers 20 and 21. The bottom wall 21 extends inwardly from the frontwall 19 and has a depending flange 22 which is spaced outwardly from adepending iange 23 which projects downwardly from inner bottom ice 2wall member 20. A substantiallyU-shaped holder 24 is formed integralwith the ange 23, there being also pro'- vided an inwardly projectingflange 25 extending from the flange 23. The upper end of a switch 26 isreverted and secured within the U-shaped holder 24, as shown in Fig. 4.A horizontally disposed channel member, generally indicated at 27, isdisposed across the lower portion of the window frame 10 and the channelmember 27 includes a horizontal upper wall 28 having a vertical flange29 extending from the inner end thereof, which is secured by fasteningmeans 30 to the stop member 14. .The channel member 27 also includes afront vertical wall 31 and a downwardly and forwardly inclined lowerwall 32, which merges with a vertical inner wall 33. The inner wall 33has extending therefrom a flange 34 which is secured by fastening means35 to the upper side of the sill 15. The lower end of the screen 26 issecured in an inverted U-shaped clamping member or holder 36 which isdisposed in a cut-out 37 formed in the lower end of each stop member 14.The holder or clamping member 36 has extending from the lower end of theinner leg or side thereof, a forwardly projecting flange 39 whichengages on the upper side of the upper wall 28. The ange 39 hasextending downwardly therefrom a front wall 40 bearing against thevertical wall 31 and a downwardly and inwardly inclined wall 41 extendsfrom the wall 40 and bears against the inclined wall 32. The inclinedwall 32 forms with the horizontal wall 28 a substantially wedgeshapedholder with which the similarly shaped member comprising the flange 39and the walls 40 and 41, is adapted to be tightly secured. The wall 41has extending vertically downwardly from the inner end thereof, a liange42 which is spaced from the wall 3.3 and one or more thumb screws 43 areextended through. the ange 42 and the Wall 33. An inverted Ushapedkeeper 44 is formed integral with the flange 42, the purpose for whichwill be hereinafter described.

The housing 16 has disposed therein a spring tensioned roller 45 whichincludes a shaft 46 disposed in a bore 47 and the shaft 46 extends fromone end of the roller 45 and is provided with a at end portion 48. Theshaft 46 has a coil spring 49 wound thereabout with one end 50 of thespring 49 secured to the shaft 46 and the other end of the spring 49being secured as indicated at 51, to the roller 45. The other end of theroller 45 as shown in Fig. 7, has a stud 52 extending therefrom forrotatable engagement with an adjacent end wall of the housing 16.

The roller 45 has wound thereabout a transparent plastic sheet 53. Oneend of the sheet 53, as shown in Fig. 4, is lixed to the roller 45 andthe sheet is then extended through the slot 54 and is then extendeddownwardly over the outer side of the screen 26. The extended or freeend of the sheet 53 has fixed thereto a transversely curved bar 55formed with a U-shaped clamping edge 56 which is adapted to tightly gripthe free end of the plastic sheet 53. The bar 55 has one or more knobsor handles 57 extending from the outer side thereof and the edge of bar55 opposite from the reverted portion 56 is: formed with an obliquelyinclined locking tongue 58 which is engageable in the inverted U-shapedkeeper 44.

In the use of this storm and screen assembly when the screen 26 is to beused alone, such as in warm weather, the transparent storm sheet S3 willbe disposed in its upper position with the bar 55 bearing against theanges 22 and 23. The exible sheet 53 is under spring tension at alltimes and when it is desired to extend the sheet 53 the bar 55 is pulleddownwardly so as to engage the locking tongue or member 58 with thekeeper 54. At this time the transparent sheet 53 will be disposed insubstantially contacting relation with the outer side of the screen 26and will be under sufficient spring tension so that the sheet 53 will beheld straight and will not ap or wrinkle.

gamma What is claimed is:

A storm window assembly comprising an elongated roller housing adaptedto be secured to the upper portion 4of auwindow frame, said housingincluding a bottom wall having an elongated opening, a pair of`depending anges extending from opposite edges of said opening, one ofsaidflanges terminating .in an upwardly reverted screen holding flange,va spring-tensioned roller in said housing, aftransparent ilexible `sheetwound about said roller and extending downwardly through said opening,an elongated bar fixed along one edge thereof to said sheet, a revertedlockingange' carried by the'opposite edge of said bar, and

la kbracket including -an inverted U-shaped keeper iixed to the loweredge of the window frame, said locking flange engaging with said keeperto hold said sheet in extended position, said bracket also including anupwardly extending ange terminating in a downwardly reverted screenholding flange opposed to said first mentioned screen holding flange.

